Curtain stretcher



July 4, 1933. J. A. ANDERSON CURTAIN STRETCHER ,Fiied 'May 2e, 195o I N VEN TOR. Jfmf /mmfom W15/fir,

A TTORNEYSl Y `Figure`-3 is a'se'ctional f y Patentea r July '41,5 r1933 f l `i -i CURTAIN STRETCEER i; 'D

y i l `if,i"uppiafien inedfnay 2e, 193e.' 1` seriali Nefaeea@ 'i present,'invention'relatls'tofourtain l.s'tivetjchers, andmore particularly-to such `de- Vicesused for. stretohing'curtalns after laun-V i ,dering kand" di'iring the dryingthereofrgifv `Theprincipalobject ofthe inventionvis to2 provide such 'a' device which isijcafp'able gof* ,maintaining a :uniform tension onfallyparts ofEa"curtainvintsuchamannerthattheedgesthereof remain straightf l; Afurtherrobjeotof 10, the invention is toprovidea curtain stretcher vWhich iscompact and Whch',fb,vvhen" :Iiotink l v andgstill further `to provide such a vdevice f which may bel quickl vand Aeasily applidto i .w15 or removedfrom afourtain. Y l These `and any, other', objects',-hereinafter l"Iigurel:isla frontielevati.)iialjvei/vfofthey l device applied to a-curtain,v portions. 0f fthef 2 5flatter. being brokenavvayj;

Thedevice shovvn in p prises four principal members", each ladapted Y toretain one edge of aclirtaim` Iand a numi-.g 1 35 ber of clamps, so aHXedto these mernbersasV ri in relation to eachv g 'pp "g The measuringuindicia on the deviceenf to secure them in other andu tothe curtain. 'l

The upper bar lis asolidfrod `iialttened for the purposevo'-better displaying the fmeas-z. fo -uringindioia 2 thereon. This barv isvadapvpted 2 toslide through'the hem 3 at `the upper end.

of a curtainll and thus retain this upper edge l' of the curtain. This upper barv may be pro;v vided- With hook-receiving apertures near eitherfend thereofginto which may befinsertedfthezlovver ends of the'hooks 6; the

upper ends of which mayV be hooked over the@ l [is narrowrthelowerbar neednot be provided r'` n oloseline, 7 so that the devicev mayl be suscurtain.

Figure 2 is anseCtioiraly view taken: oniline 'theyupperandflowerfbarsbyfmeans-pof thefyd p clamping-members20.- The other fverti'calfk ff' this;-drawingV com- :maintain its truel proportions. j

' pended therefromduring the dryingllofl the p p l Y -lfllflylmSthisbarwouldbesuiiciently- :tonni .nnnnnsoir; on GRAND rmrrnsniomolm with the scale 42 onthe upper bar, The inner', I l,"

surface of the 'lotver'bar iskvpr'ovided with rena-'n en;

side member 2l is! constructed and applied similarly. The'side'membersfl and 2llfar'e'f du provided With corresponding'scales Iof measuringindicia 22 and 23 ontheffront surfacesr` f thereof'.

ables the application ofthe inventiontofa curtainin 'suchfmanner that the curtain Will device 'a' curtain lmay be .stretched uniformly, andvvithl no danger'of scallops appear-l i ing alongth-e edges thereof'such as yare formed byA the. `usualy curtain stretchelrs 'l1-Wing Finse-:

which vengage the curtain. y yIn eases Where-the curtain to be stretched:

vvithE clamping' members, as the'4 frontend" 'clamp'i'me'rnbersvservetourgethefrontendy rear arm's'fofjth'e'barftogether; .the'felt stri'p65vv or. device*hereinafter'particularlydescribed' f 20 in the: body'y of this yr:speCiicationfj and fillusf `arr'mdf bythe; @company-ing" @lawine urged together by the action of the side inembers and their clamps.

INhen the curtain to be stretched has both upper and lower hems, the lower bar may function in the same manner as the upper bar, that is, by passing through the lower hem; and may even be replaced by a bar of i-dentical construction with the upper bar. Conversely, if the material to be stretched has neither upper or lower hem, ,the upper bar may be replaced by a bar of identical construction with the lower bar, and with or without clamping members.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claims, is not to be limited to or by details of construction of the particular I y embodiment thereof illustrated by the drawing, or hereinbeiore described.

i I claim:

l. In a curtain stretcher, upper and lower 'bars adapted to retain respectively the upper and lower edges of a curtain, a pair of side members,eaeh form-ed oit a single piece of vieldable material and bent intermediate its ends to :torm front and rear arms adapted to receive therebetween a side of said curtain and a bight intermediate said arms adapted to slidably receive the end portionv of one of said bars, and clamping meansfor clamping ltogether said front and rear armsof the side members.

2. In a curtain stretcher, upper and lower bars adapted to retain respectively the upper and lower edges of a curtain and having thereon corresponding measuring indicia, a pair of side members each formed of a single piece of materialf lbent intermediate its ends each having front and rear arms adaptedV to receive therebetween a side ot said curtain and having a bight intermediate said arms adapted to receive the end portion of one of said barsthe front surfaces of the arms of remesa the said side members being provided with corresponding measuring indicia, and clamping means for clamping together said front and rear arms with a side of sai-d curtain therebetween and said bar therebetween in said bight.` r

S. In a curtain stretcher, an upper bar adapted to be slid within the upper hem of a curtain, a lower bar having Jfront and rear arms adapted to receive therebetween the lower edge of said curtain, a pair ot side members each formed of a single piece of yieldable material and benty intermediate its ends to form front and rear arms adapted to receive therebetween a side of said curtain and also an `end of each of said bars, semiyielding material secured to the inner surfaces of the iront and rear arms of the. side members, semi-yieldingmaterial secured to the inner faces of the front and rear arms of said` lower bar, and clamping means for clamping together front yand .rear arms of said side members with a side of said curtain and the end portions of said bars therebetween, and means for clamping together the front and rear arms of said lower bar.

`4:. In a curtain stretcher, upper and lower bars adapted to retain respectively the upper and lower edges of a curtain, means 'for suspending the upper bar from ainooring, the lowerbar serving to stretch the curtain, a pair of side members each forme-d of a strip oi material bent intermediate it'sjends t0 Yform front and rear arms adapted to receive therebetween aside of the stretched curtain and also'an end ot each of said bars, and clamping means for clamping together said front and rear arms.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids, Michigan, this 17th dayoi May, 1930.`

v vJGHN A. ANDERSON.

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